The Electrics, Dashboard and Heater 22 Speedometer
42 Citroen XM Internet Reference Version 1.0
3/3/99
22 Speedometer
Dear all,
For a few weeks my speedometer was “wiggeling” +/- 5 km/h while driving around 50 km/h.
Now it stopped completely pointing out the speed and distance.
Is it a common fault?
I like to have this problem solved soon because driving this V6 without speedometer will cost a lot for
driving too fast.
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Arold,
I also got this problem from first getting my 2.0Si Turbo.
However at 70-80 mph it becomes steady so I always aim to drive at that speed.
Seriously - I have take the car back to the dealer who apparently greased the cable but it then stopped
working completely - like yours. Apparently it had become disconnected.
It was re-greased and reconnected which solved the problem - but only for about a week. It is now
wiggling again.
You could use the rev-counter to judge your speed - not so easy in an automatic unless you are sure
which gear you are in.
I would also be interested if anyone in the group has any more ideas.
John Goldfinch
Speedometer
I had exactly the same problem, the problem is the mechanical cable that links the speedo to the
gearbox(?) apparently the upper cable is a weakness and tends to wear out. When my cable broke it
took the actual speedo with it, which was expensive (200 UKP). Citroen realised this was a problem and
they changed to an electronic speedo in roughly 1993.
hope this helps, even with a new cable and speedo it still wiggles a little bit <+/- 1 mph
Stuart Blair-Watt
Speedometer
I have a 1990 2.0 Sei and at about 50,000 Miles I experioenced the same problem with the oscillating
Speedo needle. Having seen this on older cars I knew what the problem was. It was definitely the upper
speedo cable that has a joint just inside the engine bay and then leads up to the speedo head. The
cable runs through a tube in the back of the passenger bulkhead and it would be very difficult to feed this
through. However, there is a simple way. Citroen told me they need 1.5 hours to do this job. It took me
about 45 minutes.
You need to remove the instrument panel and disconnect the speedo cable at the head end. Ten
unscrew the cable where it joins the other down cable in the engine bay.
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